“..generating electricity from solar was a smart investment as well as a green one”
For Goulburn-Murray Water (G-MW), Australia’s largest rural water authority, minimising environmental impact is crucial to the organisation’s sustainability.
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Project overview
Location
New South Wales
System Capacity
20kW
Annual Production
33.5 MWh
CO2 Avoided Anually
42 tonnes
Solar Panels
80 x REC 250W
Solar Inverters
2 x SMA Tripower STP10000TL
Mounting System
SunLock GroundLock
Installation Date:
October 2012
The decision to purchase a solar power system was driven by a desire to minimise G-MW’s carbon footprint and to achieve its corporate sustainability objectives.
Not-for-profit GV Community Energy stepped in to provide G-MW with an independent assessment of Energy Matters’ proposed ground-mounted solar solution, ensuring the system’s size and quality would meet their needs.
Since G-MW wanted to feed as little electricity back into the grid as possible, Energy Matters sized the system to suit the facility’s energy consumption.
The system features Energy Matters’ very own Australian–designed and manufactured SunLock GroundLock mounting system.
The system’s payback time should be just over 5 years, based on the retail electricity rate and inflation.
Goulburn-Murray Water’s perspective
According to Kane Dougherty, G-MW’s Senior Project Manager:
“Goulburn-Murray Water is committed to the prevention of pollution and environmental protection. We had allocated a budget to sustainability initiatives and felt generating electricity from solar was a smart investment as well as a green one.”
This sentiment encapsulated the organisation’s belief that commercial solar systems represented the perfect balance of fiscal responsibility and environmental stewardship.
The estimated annual output of this system is 33,500kWh; enough to power over 5 average Australian homes. The system will avoid 42 tonnes of carbon emissions each year.
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